Tuesday 29th April 2025 marks the one-year anniversary of the enforcement of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Act. The Act introduced three significant obligations for manufacturers, importers, and distributors of consumer connectable products – to ensure passwords are secure, to…
How IoT is being applied to telecoms: panel at IoT Tech Expo Europe 2024
How IoT is being applied to telecommunications, its use cases and its evolving role were all discussed at length in a panel at day two of IoT Tech Expo Europe. Moderated by Benedict Gromann, Public Policy Manager at Connect Europe,…
Open-source initiative, CAMARA project, releases APIs
At the Open Source Summit Europe, the Linux Foundation’s CAMARA project, an open-source initiative focused on improving API interoperability within the telecommunications industry, has announced the launch of its first official release, named “Meta-Release Fall24.” This release introduces 25 APIs…
Verizon to acquire Frontier for $20 billion
Verizon Communications and Frontier Communications have announced a definitive agreement for Verizon to acquire Frontier in an all-cash deal valued at $20 billion. This strategic acquisition of Frontier, the largest pure-play fibre internet provider in the US, will significantly bolster…
Learning from Reliance Jio’s mmWave FWA rollout
By all accounts, India is a digital trailblazer. Buoyed by the falling cost and rising availability of smartphones – coupled with over half a billion internet subscribers – the nation has established itself as one of the world’s largest and…
Cisco, NEC, TIM Brazil boost network with automation analytics
Cisco and NEC Corporation announce their strategic collaboration with TIM Brazil, a pioneering operator in the Brazilian telecommunications sector. The collaboration aims to improve TIM Brazil network performance, service quality, and end-to-end visibility, providing an enhanced experience for customers business…
Digitalising telecom services to meet consumer demands
Retail giants Amazon, Aldi and Tesco are trialling checkout-free stores in the UK, where customers can conveniently grab their shopping and leave the store without visiting a cashier. It’s clear that consumers today expect intuitive digital services as standard –…
Telecom advisor celebrates 5G tourism commission
Telecoms expert and smart city advisor Intelligens Consulting is celebrating a commission on 5G and tourism. The commission is to support an established client (a UK local authority) to support its ambitions to stimulate and accelerate the rollout of 5G…
IoT standard for non-cellular 5G recognised by the International Telecommunication Union
ETSI DECT-2020 NR, a non-cellular 5G technology standard, has been recognised by the WP5D of the International Telecommunication Union’s Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) and included as part of the 5G standards in IMT-2020 technology recommendation. Said Dr Günter Kleindl, chair of…
The 19th century called, it wants its phone system back
Recent Ofcom data found that if business landline numbers continue to drop at their current rate, they will be all but extinct within just six years. But would this be a bad thing? The landline has enabled connectivity from 1876,…
